Technical PM-competences (Subject) / 1.12 Resources (Lesson)

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• Summary Resource Plan (Planning phase) The resource plan is the basis for the detiled examination of the feasibility of the project plan. It is necessary for the subsequent cost plan. Operating resources are people or materials needed to carry out projects. Project-related rsource planning tasks include securing the availability of resources, the optimal us of resources, the avoidance of resource overload and the avoidance of insufficent resource utilisation. Optimise according to capacity means reducing the overoad by pushing the deadline back. Optimise according schedule means reducing the overoad by increasing the processing capacity.
• Resource In economics the factors of production (personnel, machine, material and financial resources)
• Project related resource tasks include securing the resource availabiltiy optimising usage of resources avoiding resource overload avoiding insufficent resource utilisation(the basis for a good resource plan is a precise effort estimate)
• How to develop a resource plan? Step: Determine Demand Step:Determine CapacityThe capacity is usually overestmated; the following factors (beyond others) must be considered: holidays, sick leave, training, duties  Step: Comparison (identify resource over- or underutilisation) Step: Optimisation (either according to time/scheduel or capacity)

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